Beaches closed after shark spotted

Six beaches between the Barcelona towns of El Masnou and Premia de Mar were closed on Tuesday after a Blue Shark was spotted close to shore by the lifeguards.

Blue sharks which can weigh approx 80 kilos are not normally a threat to humans unless they themselves feel threatened. Two more sharks were later seen in the same area.

The beaches were reopened on Wednesday morning.

Today in Lloret

 It seems that everyone in Lloret today headed for the beach and with the temperature reaching 33ºc its no surprise! Its nice to see so many holiday makers in town just now after what has been a very slow start to the season.

A busy Lloret Beach

 Enjoying the sea by boat and pedalo

 Trying to keep cool!

Lloret's Russian Festival

As it was such a lovely evening yesterday we decided to take a walk over to see the dancers and singers taking part in the Russian Festival, here are the results of just a few of the photos we took. They all put on a fantastic show which was enjoyed by the hundreds of spectators who had taken their places around the stage well before the concert started.

To us the star of the show was the young girl below who I believe they said came from Lloret de Mar, she had a beautiful voice and sang an opera style song without a hint of nerves and got a great applause at the end...a really emotional moment!

Just a few of the spectators below with the not too happy looking judges!
The complete set of photos can be seen on > Lloret Good Stuff Facebook

Events in Lloret de Mar

Just now in Lloret there is a week long Russian Festival of song & dance taking place with teams from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania and Spain. All those taking part put on a great show for yesterdays opening  in front of the town hall at 11am (Sunday 13th)  tonights entertainment will begin in the same place at 8.30pm and tomorrow's concert held at 7.30pm in the church.

Lloret Clon Festival 2014

All this years acts have now been confirmed...

18th July, Manel Fuentes &The Springs Team - a Bruce Springsteen tribute.

1st August, Willy & the Poorboys - Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute.

And last but not least on the 15th August is a tribute to Michael Jackson with the 'Moonwalkers' this will be the second time we've seen a Michael Jackson tribute band here, the last one back in 2010 was a fantastic show with one of the biggest audiences we've seen....so better be there early for this one!

All acts are usually on stage at 10.30pm....even though the official website says 10.15 & 11.45pm....and don't forget it is free!

A reminder of the last Michael Jackson tribute 2010

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